Method and system for maintaining and distributing wireless applications

Abstract

Computer- and network-based methods and systems for maintaining and provisioning wireless applications are provided. Example embodiments provide a Mobile Application System (MAS), which is a collection of interoperating server components that work individually and together in a secure fashion to provide applications and resources to mobile subscriber devices, such as wireless devices. Embodiments of the present invention can also be used to deploy applications and resources for wired subscriber devices. Application, resources, and other content is provisioned and verified by the MAS for authorized access by the subscriber, compatibility with a requesting subscriber device, and the security and billing policies of the carrier and system administrators of the MAS. In this manner, applications, resources, and other content can be downloaded to devices, such as wireless devices, with greater assurance of their ability to successfully execute. In one embodiment, content is provisioned by one or more of the steps of inspecting the content for malicious or banned code, optimizing the content for smaller size and greater speed, instrumentation of code that implements security, billing, and other carrier policies, and packaging of code for the intended subscriber device. Additional security is provided through application filters that are used to prevent applications that contain designated API from being downloaded to a subscriber's device. In one embodiment, the MAS includes a Protocol Manager, Provisioning Manager, Cache, Deployment Manager, Billing Manager, Logging Manager, Administrator, and Heartbeat Monitor, which interoperate to provide the provisioning functions.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for wireless applications, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for maintaining and distributing wireless applications for wireless devices over a wireless network. Background technique [0002] Wireless devices are commonplace in many parts of the world today. Subscribers of carriers add convenience to our lives with devices such as wireless telephones, cell phones, personal information managers, electronic managers, personal digital assistants, portable e-mail machines, game consoles, etc., and others. However, the software used on these devices and the mechanisms used to deploy such software on these devices are kept private. Typically, a customer (eg, a customer of a cellular telephone service) must take the cellular telephone to the vendor of the cellular telephone service to load new or updated service software or features onto the telephone. In addition...

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However, the software used on these devices and the mechanisms used to deploy such software on these devices are kept confidential

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